Here are three literary classics adapted for the screen in award-winning fashion. Emma Thompson delivers an Oscar-nominated performance as the "sensible" sister and also took home a statue for her screen adaptation of Sense and Sensibility in this 1995 production that received seven Oscar nominations, including Best Picture. The 1994 version of Little Women was nominated for three Academy Awards and features an Oscar-nominated turn by Winona Ryder as Jo. Lastly, Amanda Root and Ciarán Hinds star in a 1995 adaptation of Persuasion, which won five BAFTA TV awards, including Best Drama.